I didn't stamp the rose (GinaK Designs' A Year of Flowers) with black but with London Fog (Memento) instead. It gives it a very hand-drawn feel. I used my Spectrum Noirs (Reds) to color the rose and then used the blender pen to give some texture and highlights. The leaf was colored with a green from the "lights" set.
The front panel is popped up on the base which was shaded with Fired Brick (Tim Holtz).

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I haven't shared this since the photo quality is so poor. I took the photo at night in my badly lit kitchen and gave it to my friend for her birthday the next day (last year December) so I couldn't take a better one!

The image is from Marianne Design and the wording is from GinaK Designs' Get Organised set. I covered the whole panel with self-adhesive plastic before glueing it to the front of the journal / note book.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Our new challenge at Digistamps4Joy is to Celebrate Easter. This is open to your interpretation on how you celebrate Easter time, whether it is collecting eggs in the garden, chasing the bunnies, or a Christian connection.Here's my card using "Floral Cross" from DS4J and a sentiment from "The Vine" (GinaK designs):

On a personal note:For Christians across the world the season of Easter is one of the critical foundations of our faith. It's not just about Christ's sacrifice on the cross but even more importantly, about His resurrection and victory over death and sin.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life". 1 John 3:16

Friday, March 15, 2013

I made this card for a lovely young lady who just turned 6!! She's a good friend of my daughter's and we're celebrating her birthday tomorrow. I've been wanting to use this image from Mo Manning (The Damsel) for a long time and thought I'd use it since her party theme is Knight & Princesses :D

Ok, I love how this turned out. I made two sets of stage curtains but shaded the top one and popped it with 3D foam. The "spotlight" is just a die-cut circle, shaded with Tim Holtz (Wild Honey) while still in the die.

She's colored with my Spectrum Noirs and I also popped up the front left section of her dressing gown. (Enlarge top picture.)
I love the textured look of the Co-ordinations cardstock that I used.

I couldn't resist pulling out my Spanish sentiments from Papertrey Ink for this one!! It's using the latest sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.

I'm also playing with CAS-ual Fridays CFC94 to use chipboard. I found this wooden cutout that I've had for AGES and didn't know what to do with! I stamped it with the same stamp I used on the pink background (from Kaiserkraft, "Just Believe"). The green "DP" is also stamped with a stamp from the same Kaiserkraft set.
The pot was stained with Aged Mahogany (Tim Holtz) and the green leaves are just colored with my Spectrum Noirs.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Usually when I think of "vintage" I'm picturing lots of
floral embellishments, flourishes, laces, ribbons, pearls etc. In short -
"BUSY" cards :D. I DO like the look of vintage but struggle with all
the bits as I'm more comfortable with CAS or something related to it. So I
started playing today with some vintage looking stamps fromMarianne Design (CS0857) but kept it clean & simple.

I stamped my "DP" with some images of the set in Memento
Desert Sand, London Fog and of course Tuxedo Black. I love the combination of
beige / creams with the starker accent of black.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Thanks to Kathy I am privileged with 100 followers! Not only that but at the end of March it will be my TWO year "blogoversary" (spell check still doesn't like that word LOL). I will decide on some candy and post it soon!

The blocks were drawn by hand with a ruler & black marker leaving space specifically for BUTTONS from Digistamps4Joy. Then I placed birthday sentiments (most from GinaK Designs with one exception, the one under the right-hand button which is Papertrey Ink) all over with some small images (also GinaK). The yellow doesn't show up as nice as it should.